by Tom Shea
Eyen, Tom, 181–82
Fabray, Nanette, 93
The Faggot, 211–12
Fain, Sammy, 19, 79
faith, in musicals, 168–73
Falls, Robert, 70
Falsettoland, 172–73
Falsettos, 193
Fame, 227
families in musical theater, 200–206
The Fantasticks, 192, 213, 274
Fatone, Joey, 135
Feingold, Michael, 139
Feldshuh, Tovah, 238
Feller, Peter, 34–35
Ferber, Edna, 159, 264
Fiddler on the Roof, 111–12, 172, 279–80
Fierstein, Harvey, 5, 103, 186–87, 212, 221
The Fig Leaves Are Falling, 249–50
Filichia, Peter, 238
Finian’s Rainbow, 18, 80–81, 166–67
Finian’s Rainbow, Starring the Man from the Off-License, 257
Finn, William, 172, 193, 209
Fiorello!, 123–24
The First, 48
Five Guys Named Moe, 15
The Fix, 127–28
Flaherty, Joe, 261
Flaherty, Stephen, 39, 243
Flahooley, 19–20, 78–79
Flatley, Michael, 231–32
Flower Drum Song, 56–57
Follies, 90
food, musicals on, 95–99
Foote, Horton, 182
Footloose, 156
Ford, Nancy, 261
Ford, Paul, 33
Foreman, Richard, 58
Forman, Milos, 93
Forrest, George, 61, 200
42nd Street, 16, 92, 154
Fosse, 232
Fosse, Bob, 4–5, 46, 93–94, 117–18, 204, 228
Fosse, Nicole, 204
1491, 15
Frank, Leo, 105
Freedman, Gerald, 214
Freeman, Morgan, 168
Friedman, Charles, 69
Friml, Rudolf, 98
The Frogs, 159–60
Fry, Jud, 165
Funny Girl, 119
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 186, 254
Furth, George, 86–87, 266
Gaines, Reg E., 230
Gardner, Herb, 182
Garland, Judy, 94
Gaxton, William, 160–61, 233
Gay, Noel, 53
gay content, in musicals, 207–12
Gelbart, Larry, 14, 186, 197, 254
Gemignani, Paul, 33
Gerry and the Pacemakers, 151
Gershe, Leonard, 130
Gershwin, George, 54–55, 124–25
Gershwin, Ira, 54–55, 124–25
Gesner, Clark, 25
Giamatti, Paul, 92
Gibson, Deborah, 137
Gibson, William, 50
Gigi, 157–58
Gilbert, William S., 52, 258
Gleason, Joanna, 73
Glover, Savion, 231
Glynn, Carlin, 202
Goblin Market, 195
Godspell, 64
Goede, Jay, 244
Goggin, Dan, 217–18, 278
Goldblum, Jeff, 258
The Golden Apple, 62–64, 89–90, 95, 146
Golden Boy, 50
Goldman, James, 90
Gone with the Wind, 182
The Gospel at Colonus, 168–69
Gottfried, Martin, 146–47
Gould, Elliott, 145, 252
Grahame, Kenneth, 244
Gray, Dolores, 96, 149
Gray, Harold, 24
Grease, 217, 278–79
The Great Waltz, 200
Green, Adolph, 38, 118, 153, 181, 252
Green, Paul, 126
Greene, Ellen, 121–22
Greenwillow, 17, 84–85
Grey, Joel, 117–18
Grier, David Alan, 48
Griffith, Andy, 130
Groener, Harry, 65
Grossman, Larry, 28, 181
Guaraldi, Vince, 25
Guare, John, 43, 176
Guerre, Martin, 65–66
Guest, Christopher, 262–63
Guettel, Adam, 202
Guettel, Mary Rodgers, 202
Guthrie, Tyrone, 84
Guys and Dolls, 41
Gypsy, 110, 199–200
Hack, 225
Hackady, Hal, 28
Hair, 214–15
Half a Sixpence, 15
Hall, Carol, 132
Hall, Peter, 20
Hamlisch, Marvin, 43, 271
Hammerstein, James, 204
Hammerstein, Oscar II, 147, 204, 265; Allegro, 265; Annie Get Your Gun, 49; Carmen Jones, 69; Carousel, 151; Flower Drum Song, 56; The New Moon, 162; Oklahoma!, 130, 271–72, 277–78; Show Boat, 159, 264–65; The Sound of Music, 114
Hammerstein, William, 204
Hannigan, Miss, 165
Hansberry, Lorraine, 95–96
Harbach, Otto, 146
Harburg, E. Y., 19, 79–80
Harmon, Peggy, 195
Harnick, Sheldon: Cyrano, the Musical, 61; Fiddler on the Roof, 279; Fiorello!, 123; The Rothschilds, 79, 98; She Loves Me, 253; Tenderloin, 16; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 157
Harper, Wally, 59
Harrington, Eve, 167
Harris, Barbara, 254
Harris, Niki, 35
Hart, Charles, 276
Hart, Lorenz, 46, 65, 175, 215–17, 268
Hart, Moss, 42, 125, 207
Hartog, Jan de, 193, 252
Hasselhoff, David, 141–42
Hatcher, Jeffrey, 243
Hauptmann, William, 10
Havoc, June, 165
Head, Murray, 149
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 189
Helburn, Theesa, 278
Hellman, Lillian, 83
Hello, Dolly!, 2–3, 109
Hello Again, 250
Henderson, Luther, 194
Hepburn, Audrey, 108–9
Hepburn, Katharine, 140, 253
Herbert, Victor, 85
“Here’s That Rainy Day,” 149
Herman, Jerry, 2–3, 87–88, 97, 187, 212
Hester, Hal, 211
“He Touched Me,” 145–46
Hill, Dulé, 73
Hill, George Roy, 17
Hilton, James, 18
Hines, Gregory, 72
Hirschfeld, Al, 32
hit songs from musicals, 145–52
Holder, Donald, 155
Holder, Geoffrey, 61
Holgate, Ron, 236
Hollander, Nicole, 24–25
Holliday, Judy, 19, 118
Hollywood stars on Broadway, 139–44
Holmes, Rupert, 11, 187
Holt, Will, 179
Holzer, Adela, 237–38
Home Sweet Homer, 62–64
homosexual content, in musicals, 207–12
Honk!, 242, 242–43
Hope, Bob, 146, 233
Hot Spot, 19
House of Flowers, 88
The House of Martin Guerre, 65–66
Houston, Whitney, 149
Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-Dee-Doo!, 208
How Now, Dow Jones, 78
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 76–77, 77, 120
Hudson, Richard, 155
Hudson, Rock, 121
Hughes, Barnard, 92
Hugo, Victor, 170, 276
Hunt, Peter, 128
Hurt, William, 208
Huston, John, 112
Huston, Walter, 151
Hwang, David Henry, 56–57, 70, 234
Hyman, Dick, 270
I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 252
I Do! I Do!, 193, 252
I’d Rather Be Right, 125
Illyria, 179
I Love My Wife, 249, 253
imaginary locations, musicals set in, 17–23
In a Pig’s Valise, 9–10
innovative musicals, 264–72
Into the Light, 180
Into the Woods, 21, 22
Iredale, Jane, 244
Irene, 59<
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Irving, George S., 59
Irving, Washington, 127
Isherwood, Christopher, 272
It Ain’t Nothing’ But the Blues, 238–39
“It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman,” 27
Ives, David, 184
Jabara, Paul, 182
Jackman, Hugh, 226
Jack’s Holiday, 106
Jacobs, Jim, 278
Javert, Inspector, 167
Jekyll & Hyde, 136, 141
Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, 230
Jewison, Norman, 263
Joel, Billy, 232
John, Elton, 70, 155, 240
john & jen, 194
Johnny Johnson, 126
Johnson, Alan, 94
Johnson, Van, 46
Jones, Cherry, 92
Jones, Clifford, 178
Jones, Shirley, 200
Jones, Terry, 257
Jones, Tom, 21, 23, 131, 192–93, 213, 252
Joplin, Scott, 85
Jordan, Clarence, 64
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 169–70
Joyce, Elaine, 96
Julia, Raul, 176, 235
Juno, 88–89
Kahn, Madeline, 262
Kander, John, 15, 51, 55, 142, 208, 272
Kaufman, George S., 41, 97, 124–26
Kay, Hershy, 196
Kay, Stubby, 18
Kaye, Danny, 14
Keeler, Ruby, 92
Kelly, Frank, 190
Kelly, Patsy, 59
Kelton, Pert, 84
Kennedy, John F., 171
Kern, Jerome, 146, 159, 264–65
Key, Tom, 64
Kid Creole, 9–10
Kidd, Michael, 41, 155, 269
Kiley, Richard, 107–8
killers, musicals about, 100–106
King, Carole, 138
King, Larry L., 132, 247
The King and I, 119–20
Kirk, Lisa, 110
Kirkwood, James, 270
Kismet, 61–62
Kiss Me, Kate, 177
Kiss of the Spider Woman, 208–9
Kitt, Eartha, 61, 245
Klausner, Terri, 195
Kleban, Edward, 221, 271
Kleinsinger, George, 245
Kline, Kevin, 53
Knickerbocker Holiday, 127, 150–51
Knoblock, Edward, 61
Kobart, Ruth, 120
Koch, Ed, 126
Kopit, Arthur, 68
Kreiger, Henry, 243
Kristin, 224
Kuhn, Judy, 191
Kunze, Michael, 184
Kyte, Mary, 85
L.A. Firefighters, 226
La Cage aux Folles, 186–87, 212
LaChiusa, Michael John, 62, 105, 250
Ladd, Cheryl, 201
Lady in the Dark, 42–43, 207–8
LaGuardia, Fiorello H., 123
Laing, Stewart, 162
Landesman, Heidi, 161
Lane, Burton, 80, 254
Lane, Nathan, 10, 72, 74, 223, 237, 244
Lansbury, Angela, 3, 110–11
Lapine, James, 21, 75, 172, 193
Larson, Jonathan, 41–42
The Last Five Years, 195
Laszlo, Miklos, 253
Late Show with David Letterman, 73–74
Latifah, Queen, 210
LaTouche, John, 83, 90, 95, 146, 170
Latouche, John, 63
Laurents, Arthur, 110, 174, 199–200, 253–54
Lavin, Linda, 27
Law & Order, 73
Lawrence, Gertrude, 42, 120
Lawrence, Reginald, 247
Layton, Joe, 182, 196, 265–66
“Lazy Afternoon,” 146
Leach, Wilford, 52
Leave It to Me!, 255
Lederer, Charles, 61
Lee, Michele, 120
Lee, Ming Cho, 160
Lee, Peggy, 148
Legrand, Michel, 157
Legs Diamond, 102–3
Leiber, Jerry, 11–13
Leigh, Carolyn, 78; Wildcat, 130
Leigh, Janet, 115–16
Leigh, Mike, 91
Leigh, Mitch, 173
Leight, Warren, 126–27
Lennart, Isobel, 119
Lenya, Lotte, 58
Leonard, Michael, 242
Lerner, Alan Jay: Brigadoon, 23, 172; Camelot, 165–66; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 254; Love Life, 269; My Fair Lady, 279; Paint Your Wagon, 132
Leroux, Gaston, 68, 276
Les MisÉrables, 66, 167, 170–71, 276–77
Levant, Oscar, 93
Levin, Ira, 145
Levy, Eugene, 263
Lewis, Marcia, 210
Lewis, Michael J., 60
Lieberson, Goddard, 31–32
Li’l Abner, 18–19, 25–26, 121, 166
Linden, Hal, 79, 98
Lindsay, Howard, 57
Lindsay, Robert, 54, 214
Linn-Baker, Mark, 244
The Lion King, 155, 240
Lippa, Andrew, 62
Lipton, James, 96
Lithgow, John, 44
Little Johnny Jones, 49–50
Little Mary Sunshine, 218
A Little Night Music, 150, 246
Little Shop of Horrors, 101–2, 121–22
Lively, DeLee, 13
Liverpool Football Club, 151–52
Lloyd Webber, Andrew: The Beautiful Game, 46; Cats, 241, 275; Cricket, 51; Evita, 113, 124; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 169–70; The Phantom of the Opera, 68, 164, 276; Song and Dance, 231; Starlight Express, 236; Whistle Down the Wind, 8
Lobel, Adrianne, 244
Lobel, Arnold, 244
Loesser, Frank, 17, 41, 77, 84, 120, 185–86
Loewe, Frederick, 23, 132, 165–66, 172, 279
Long, William Ivey, 248
Longbottom, Robert, 190
longest-running musicals, 274–80
Loquasto, Santo, 43
Lost in the Stars, 169
Loudon, Dorothy, 112–13, 165, 249
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia, 224
Love and Let Love, 179
Love Life, 268–69
Lovett, Lyle, 148
Lovitz, John, 256
Lucas, Craig, 193
Lucci, Susan, 49, 75
Ludwig, Ken, 55
Luigs, Jim, 131
LuPone, Patti, 57, 113–14, 125
Lyles, Aubrey, 269
Lynde, Paul, 115
Lyng, Nora Mae, 244
MacDermot, Galt, 20, 176, 214–15
Mackintosh, Cameron, 66, 234, 241, 277
Mack & Mabel, 87–88
“Mack the Knife,” 147–48
MacMurray, Fred, 146
Madonna, 113
Maltby, Richard, Jr., 194, 215, 231
Mame, 110–11
Mancini, Henry, 237
Mannheim, Ralph, 58
Man of La Mancha, 107–8, 173
March, Joseph Moncure, 62
Marie Christine, 105
Marquis, Don, 244
Marry Me a Little, 193
Marshall, Rob and Kathleen, 55
Martin, Andrea, 260
Martin, Herbert, 242
Martin, Jesse L., 73
Martin, Mary, 114–15, 193, 252, 255
Martin, Norman L., 15
Martins, Peter, 231
The Martin Short Show, 224
Marvin, Lee, 132
Marvin, Mel, 85
The Marvin Songs, 209
Masekela, Hugh, 214
Mass, 171
Masteroff, Joe, 55, 272
Masterson, Mary Stuart, 202
Masterson, Peter, 132, 202, 247
Mastrantonio, Mary, 65
Mayor, 126–27
McAnuff, Des, 8–10, 161
McArdle, Andrea, 112
McCarthy, Joseph, 59, 238
McCarty, Mary, 210
McCormack, Eric, 72
McCormick, Maureen, 279
M
cDonald, Audra, 105, 225–26
McEntire, Reba, 49, 134
McGough, Roger, 244
McKayle, Donald, 50
McKee, Lonette, 56
McKern, Leo, 262
McKneely, Joey, 9, 13
McLane, Val, 29
McLerie, Allyn Ann, 185
McNally, Terrence, 39, 208
McQueen, Armelia, 215
Mead, Shepherd, 76
Me and My Girl, 53–54, 213–14
Meat Loaf, 178
Mecchi, Irene, 155
Meehan, Thomas, 156
Meeting Venus, 91–92
Meet Me in St. Louis, 158
Melville, Herman, 160, 241
Mendes, Sam, 55
Menken, Alan, 51, 101, 121
Mercer, Johnny, 19, 99
Merkerson, S. Epatha, 73
Merman, Ethel, 49, 110, 114, 160, 200, 233
Merrick, David: Destry Rides Again, 130; 42nd Street, 154; Hello, Dolly!, 3; How Now, Dow Jones, 78; Mack & Mabel, 87; Subways Are for Sleeping, 238; Sugar, 189–90
Merrill, Bob, 96, 119, 189–90
Merrily We Roll Along, 86–87
Michaels, Frankie, 3–4
Milk and Honey, 97
Miller, Alice Duer, 146
Miller, Ann, 97–98
Miller, Flournoy, 269
Miller, Lawrence, 248
Miller, Roger, 10, 161
Mills, Peter, 179
Minnelli, Liza, 142
Minnelli, Vincente, 92
Mirisch, Walter, 111
Miss Saigon, 234
Mister Sterling, 225–26
Mitchell, David, 196
Mitchell, James, 75
Mitchell, John Cameron, 189, 221
Moby Dick, 241
Molnar, Julain, 66
Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 257
Moody, Ron, 67–68
Moore, Mary Tyler, 74, 260
Moore, Victor, 161
Moranis, Rick, 261
Mordred, 165–66
Moreno, Rita, 71
Moross, Jerome, 63, 90, 95, 146
Morris, Anita, 235
Morris, Mark, 9
Morrison, Ann, 195
Morse, Robert, 96, 120
Moss, Kathi, 235
Mostel, Josh, 205–6
Mostel, Zero, 94, 111–12, 172, 188, 205–6, 279
movies: with Broadway stars, 117–22; musicals, on stage, 153–58; on musical theater, 91–94; stars of, on Broadway, 139–44; without Broadway stars, 107–16
Movin’ Out, 232
Mozart, W. A., 93
Mr. Show, 263
Mulcahy, Lance, 176
Mullally, Megan, 72
Murphy, Donna, 225
Murphy, George, 146
Murphy, Jack, 183
Music Is, 178–79
The Music Man, 118, 148
music preparationist, 32–33
Mutiny!, 163
My Darlin’ Aida, 69–70
My Fair Lady, 108–9, 279
My Favorite Year, 196–97
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 11, 12, 187–88
Napier, John, 236, 241
Nash, N. Richard, 130–31
Nash, Ogden, 200
Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, 43
Newman, David, 27
Newmar, Julie, 18–19, 26
The New Moon, 161–62
The News, 101
New York City, musicals on, 38–44